Staff The district’s first baby of 2011 was welcomed to the world on New Year’s Day. Jaxson Speaker was born at 5:40 p.m. at La Verendrye Hospital here, weighing in at eight pounds, five oz. Proud parents are Whitney and Jeremiah Speaker of Rainy River, along with older sister, Kathleen, […]
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Why is our economy behaving so differently this time? Ordinarily, after a business contraction begins, governments step in and provide the pump priming to start a recovery process. Yet nowadays, despite the most intensive efforts, primarily huge spending plans as part of a stimulus program, we seem to be mired […]
Roberta Joan Gagne, 81, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care Facility, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 at her residence. Joan was born Dec. 7, 1929 in Guelph, Ont. to the late Robert and Bertha Cunningham and was raised in Milton, Ont., where she attended elementary […]
Duane Hicks Shelby Rea, left, and Melanie Scott were among the Muskie girls’ hockey players who took an icy dip Saturday afternoon during the Voyageur Lions’ annual “Polar Plunge.” In all, the squad raised $1,620 for the fundraiser, with half the money going to the Lions and half back to […]
Duane Hicks A sidewalk plow blasted snow out of the way in front of Tim Horton’s yesterday morning. Public Works was kept busy over the New Year’s weekend, clearing streets and then sidewalks of more than 30 cm (12 inches) of snow which fell here Thursday through Saturday, according to […]
